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From: jkg@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Jim Greenlee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: What's Nu with VME for Mac?
Message-ID: <2636@gitpyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: Fri, 14-Nov-86 22:59:41 EST
Article-I.D.: gitpyr.2636
Posted: Fri Nov 14 22:59:41 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Nov-86 00:58:04 EST
References: <401@intsc.UUCP> <3818@mnetor.UUCP>
Reply-To: jkg@gitpyr.UUCP (Jim Greenlee)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <3818@mnetor.UUCP> george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart) writes:
>In article <401@intsc.UUCP> tomk@intsc.UUCP (Tom Kohrs) writes:
>>What ever Motorola may have told the public, VME is not a generalized bus.
>>All of the control signals and timings are direct extensions of 68000 
>>processor.   You might be able to consider VME as a non-Mot product much
>>like the 68K is no longer a Motorola product.  If you think the VME 
>>architecture is generalized talk to someone that has tried to put a non-68K
>>engine on the bus, it is not trivial.
>
>In the spirit in which you requested that Motorola propaganda be kept
>out of comp.sys.intel, may I also request that you (and your buddies)
>keep the equivalent Intel bullshit out this newsgroup?
>

Forgive me for sticking my big nose in where it is probably not wanted (I
am generally just a passive observer of this newsgroup), but I don't see
the "I" word mentioned anywhere in this posting. It looks to me like Tom
is making a simple (probably true) statement about the usability of VME
for architectures other than Motorola's. There are manufacturers of other 
microprocessors besides Motorola and the other guys, you know :-)

I think your tone and language may be a little strong for what is probably a 
fair assessment of VME, or for that matter, ANY non-general microprocessor bus.

BTW, what are you doing reading comp.sys.intel anyway? :-)

                                               Jim Greenlee
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